From Art to Sport Sciences, we’ve created customized subject guides presenting discipline-specific library resources just for you. Check them out at http://libguides.wingate.edu/ or from the Library homepage click on Reference Guides in the Assistance column.
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ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance between the hours of 7:30 a.m and 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 28 August. During this time, upgrades will be implemented as part of the launch of the new SciVerse platform. For more information about SciVerse, please visit www.acceleratescience.com.
Elsevier, producer of ScienceDirect, is launching SciVerse to bring together solutions like ScienceDirect, Scopus, the web content from Scirus, and SciTopics into one point of access. Three applications that will be introduced in this upgrade are Methodology Section Search Application (full-text article searching within the methodology section only), Sentence Matching Application )displays query words in the full sentences where they appear), and Prolific Author Search Application (finds the most “prolific authors” publishing articles about search terms).
The new nine-digit ID numbers used by PowerCampus have now been loaded onto the Library’s circulation system. Since the older eight, seven, or ten digit cards that have been in use for many years can no longer be read, and until everyone obtains a new card, the staff asks that everyone please be patient during checkout while we enter the card information manually.
CHECK IT OUT! The Ethel K. Smith Library and the Efird Memorial Building, which houses the University Archives, will host brief, optional drop-in tours and informational sessions today (Monday, August 23) between the hours of 2:00pm–5:00pm. Stop by before or after your visit to this afternoon’s Street Fair. “It’s a Great Day at the Ethel K.!”
When the University updated its back office systems to PowerCampus, it was necessary to change the ID numbers for students, faculty and staff. As you may well know by now, that means that everyone has to get updated ID cards. In order for the Library’s circulation system to read those cards, we must update all current records. The library staff has worked out a method which will allow most student ID numbers to be updated by a series of batch jobs. This means that the library staff will have to manually update some student and all faculty and staff ID records.
Because the Library could not begin this process until shortly before the new University ID cards would be issued, there will be a period of time during which we will not be able to read your ID card at the Circulation Desk. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience or delay this may cause and crave your patience in this matter.
In order to allow the Library Staff to participate in Wingate’s Faculty/Staff Workshop, the Library will be closed on Tuesday, August 17th between 9:15 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Wiley is working on its final transition from Wiley Interscience to Wiley Online Library. This final transition will occur over the weekend of August 7-8.
Anyone attempting to access either Wiley InterScience or Wiley Online Library during the transition period will see a message explaining the reason for the unavailability. We apologize for this interruption in service and will do all that we can to ensure a smooth transition to Wiley Online Library. We will send you a further update soon after launch to confirm that the site is live.
Among the promised features of the new interface are:
Among the features and benefits of the new online service are:
For more details, see Wiley’s list of benefits and features.
The Periodicals by Title service (AKA, EBSCO A-to-Z®) is scheduled for maintenance from 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 10th to 1:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 11th. During this period, A-to-Z may be unavailable for approximately thirty (30) minutes.
There is always something new going on at the Ethel K. Smith Library, and there are many ways to keep up everything that goes on here. Now there is one more: Follow us on Twitter. For those who don’t know, Twitter is a web utility that allows users to post very brief updates about themselves and what is going on around them. The Ethel K. is using twitter to connect users to what is going on in the library.
Following us on Twitter is easy. You can click on the hyperlinks in this story or the Twitter image on the library homepage. If you already have a Twitter account, your work is done. If you don’t, signing up for an account is free and easy.
Of course, if you don’t want to follow the Library’s tweets (Twitter messages) you can still find news stories on the Library homepage, Moodle, myGate (coming in August) or subscribe to the Library’s RSS news feed.
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Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content – indexing, abstracts, and full text – from six of Wilson’s full-text databases: Education, General Science, Humanities, Readers’ Guide, Social Sciences, and Wilson Business.
Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology, Art, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science.
Indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text coverage in 1994. Each database has its own start dates for indexing, abstracting, and full text coverage in accordance with varying journal licensing.
Visit the H. W. Wilson site to learn more about OmniFile brought to you by the EKS Library, or visit the Library’s databases webpage to begin your OmniFile search today.